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mohammed and it's remarkable because he was the son they died, of elijah mohammed, the founder of the nation of islam, and imam w. de was ostracized by his father for wanting this kind of islam, for reaching out and accepting, so you can see that this great spiritual leader, this giant, needs to be discovered by mainstream america and i am hoping this book will trigger that kind of reaction. we have several telling us your right they do look european and they come from europe, but they did tell us in our private conversations bright color, from religion. they said we have no problem as long as you keep quiet and don't mention our names. fecit everything changes. so it is then and we need to be aware of it. secretary? >> yes, sir, i am pleased to be here and have been a big fan of yours since we met shortly after 9/11 when several of us met at the treasury department and started the initiative and i commend you on your production of the book and look forward to reading at. in your remarks, you talk about the similarities that your but from muslims and jews but also know that you work w
mohammed and it's remarkable because he was the son they died, of elijah mohammed, the founder of the nation of islam, and imam w. de was ostracized by his father for wanting this kind of islam, for reaching out and accepting, so you can see that this great spiritual leader, this giant, needs to be discovered by mainstream america and i am hoping this book will trigger that kind of reaction. we have several telling us your right they do look european and they come from europe, but they did tell...
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we see a guy called mohammed hadi loss he says i will never recognize israel as a jewish state. why didn't you mention this or that? i didn't mention 90% of what i said in the book. i didn't mention 99% of everything we have done. it could have been a book on to its gulf war a small bookshelf. i did endeavor to give clarity to how it is from their perspective that arabs were able to form an alliance with synopses -- nazis with 1400 kid and howard played out during the war. and howard continued in vote 20th century. the twenty-first century is owned by the 20th century. no oil, no iraq, no british petroleum, no need for middle east wars. it was oil. no one ever went to mesopotamia to iraq. it was only what was underneath the sand which brought them and that is what the arabs and muslims of that world refiled. not just the muslims in palestine, in iraq or iran but also yugoslavia, india twitter and etc.. what is the message? the message is that we want to use this information. as truth and reconciliation. so we can understand how we got here. do not misuse my information to recrea
we see a guy called mohammed hadi loss he says i will never recognize israel as a jewish state. why didn't you mention this or that? i didn't mention 90% of what i said in the book. i didn't mention 99% of everything we have done. it could have been a book on to its gulf war a small bookshelf. i did endeavor to give clarity to how it is from their perspective that arabs were able to form an alliance with synopses -- nazis with 1400 kid and howard played out during the war. and howard continued...
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the grand sharif hussein was a direct descendant of the prophet, mohamed, and in fact, only direct descendants and there were two branches of the family could occupy this position. the grand sharif hussein was an extremely important figure in the muslim world because it included within it the two most holy islamic cities, mecca and medina. and then also, of course, he's an important figure in the islamic world because of his heritage as a descendant of the prophet. now, the grand sharif hussein nurtured ambitions in 1914. he was already thinking, probably, about establishing himself as the hereditary ruler of an independent country. certainly, he wanted at the least much more autonomy within the ottoman empire. he was not the only arab nationalist in the world in 1914 by any stretch of theimagination. in fact, various groups situated throughout the middle east were already talking about autonomy or, possibly even independence. the first arab international congress met in paris in 1914. that same year, 1913, the sharif hussein sent his son, abdullah, his second son but the one he depended upon
the grand sharif hussein was a direct descendant of the prophet, mohamed, and in fact, only direct descendants and there were two branches of the family could occupy this position. the grand sharif hussein was an extremely important figure in the muslim world because it included within it the two most holy islamic cities, mecca and medina. and then also, of course, he's an important figure in the islamic world because of his heritage as a descendant of the prophet. now, the grand sharif hussein...
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when the jews of medina were exterminated by mohammed. you've heard of mecca and medina. medina was largely a jewish city. medinon -- medinot comes from hebrew. it was written from hebrew and syria. the original prayers following down were to jerusalem. and after the jews of medina refused to convert, it turned to mecca. and the jews were exterminated one by one by having their heads severed by muhammad and his colleagues. then came the islamic conquest of all of the arabian peninsula. this is the well documented muslim conquest. and that is how the muslim world became established. i'm going to remind you, i'm going to remind people this is sensitive poppic. -- topic. i want to talk history only. not contemporary affairs. [inaudible comment] >> my job is history. you will determine the presence tense and you will determine the future. okay. so. the jews of the arabian peninsula and the middle east when the muslims took it over became demis. not just the jews, also the christian. this meant they were a protected group within the islamic world. they had second and -- second
when the jews of medina were exterminated by mohammed. you've heard of mecca and medina. medina was largely a jewish city. medinon -- medinot comes from hebrew. it was written from hebrew and syria. the original prayers following down were to jerusalem. and after the jews of medina refused to convert, it turned to mecca. and the jews were exterminated one by one by having their heads severed by muhammad and his colleagues. then came the islamic conquest of all of the arabian peninsula. this is...
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educated me and loyalty to the klan, tradition and loyalty to god and the hereafter to the prophet mohammed and following his example. so, i was educated in both places, but the indications are radically different. >> to watch this program in its entirety, go to booktv.org. simply type the title of the author's name of the top left of the screen and click search. >> peter first a bit like to congratulate you on another important terrific book to read this is the third when you've done on the history of al qaeda and osama bin laden and it's fair to say you have established herself as the preeminent historian of the radical islamist movement, and i think this book shows why because it is concise, fair and passionate and i think it is the best summary of what has happened since 9/11. let me start by asking the very basic yet hard to answer a question which is what should we be calling the conflict about which you write. the subtitle says the in doherty conference, but what we call it? >> first of all, thank you for those comments. i'm very happy that you -- a well qualified author like yoursel
educated me and loyalty to the klan, tradition and loyalty to god and the hereafter to the prophet mohammed and following his example. so, i was educated in both places, but the indications are radically different. >> to watch this program in its entirety, go to booktv.org. simply type the title of the author's name of the top left of the screen and click search. >> peter first a bit like to congratulate you on another important terrific book to read this is the third when you've...
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industry in chicago, who doesn't, and i started talking to her and she says yes, my uncle grew up with mohammed and i went to breakfast the other day with a director from the board of trade who said he used to work for beverley's softer. and i thought of course, again, it's chicago and everybody seems to have a connection to the trading business. so, i just thought i would say a few things about writing this book, and then i'm going to interview a trader because that seems much more fun than listening to me talk. so first of all, why i wrote this book. i moved to chicago and 20044 forbes, and it just seemed to me i seemed to need a lot of traders everywhere i went. we rented an apartment to start in lincoln park and took up tenants, which we paid a very badly and played tennis on the court regularly, then another time we went to the lake front and i was reading a book about the dummy is a guide to futures options because it seemed to was a big local business and i should learn more. someone came up to me and tapped me on the shoulder and was like it's going to get easier. i said that's a good b
industry in chicago, who doesn't, and i started talking to her and she says yes, my uncle grew up with mohammed and i went to breakfast the other day with a director from the board of trade who said he used to work for beverley's softer. and i thought of course, again, it's chicago and everybody seems to have a connection to the trading business. so, i just thought i would say a few things about writing this book, and then i'm going to interview a trader because that seems much more fun than...
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mohammed could vote would be very painful i think. and so i don't think i am arguing for isolationism. i think i am arguing for a better definition of what is really in our interests. >> the current strike in egypt seems to be democratically inspired all sorts of persons at this time and in the past weeks have been out on the streets. and i am wondering what kind of response you think we should make to egypt just to stay out of and what mubarak and others handle it. how should we relate to the current egyptian situation? >> i feel the way, we have proven the way we shouldn't which is to have come down on both sides. first we were for the quick transition to democracy mrs. clinton said and said with a minute, maybe we need mubarak to look over things until the election comes. i fink perhaps the best option is keep your mouth shut and let the cards kind of fall where they may. but to be realistic we really can't do that. we have put for 40 or more years we have built rather for 30 or more years our position on the middle east, on suppor
mohammed could vote would be very painful i think. and so i don't think i am arguing for isolationism. i think i am arguing for a better definition of what is really in our interests. >> the current strike in egypt seems to be democratically inspired all sorts of persons at this time and in the past weeks have been out on the streets. and i am wondering what kind of response you think we should make to egypt just to stay out of and what mubarak and others handle it. how should we relate...
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on the other hand, you have people like khalid sheikh mohammed. what you do with them, not pretending it's easy and, of course, the obama administration has not found it easy. as a general principle we're sitting here in manhattan, federal courts in manhattan have a 100% conviction rate for terrorists. i mean, civilian -- >> host: there were also a lot of cases not brought because they didn't think that enough evidence before a secret indictment was delivered against a mom. >> guest: that's a good point or they didn't know enough about bin laden intel that came down probably in late 97. and that secret indictment was partly based on some the things he said to us in the cnn interview that i produce in 97 in which he was inciting violence against american soldiers. look, max, i'm not pretending this is easy but i think that a lot of the early decisions, and i tried to be fair to the bush administration in the following way. but context of these were in the context of the anthrax attack. after 9/11 the system was flooded with information about every
on the other hand, you have people like khalid sheikh mohammed. what you do with them, not pretending it's easy and, of course, the obama administration has not found it easy. as a general principle we're sitting here in manhattan, federal courts in manhattan have a 100% conviction rate for terrorists. i mean, civilian -- >> host: there were also a lot of cases not brought because they didn't think that enough evidence before a secret indictment was delivered against a mom. >>...
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ahmed, mohammed, hussein, ali, the name of the victims were always westerners and jews. and i can go on and on. and i started connecting the dots and realizing that what i used to think was a regional problem between a majority muslim middle east trying to kill or expel the christian and jews had become a worldwide problem. but the world was not connecting the dots. when i came to the united states, i thought i left everything behind me. i'm an american. radicalism is left behind. 9/11 changed everything. the way we travel and live. you cannot turn on the television without hearing about some radical terrorists activity happening around the world. that's what drives me to do what i do. >> quickly, tell me what your next project is? >> i'm working on another book. st going to be discussing the grassroots movement around the world. not only in the united states, but how the internet gave power to the people to rise up and mobilize and get involved in their own government. we are witnessing a revolution around the world right now rising all over the world and the internet i
ahmed, mohammed, hussein, ali, the name of the victims were always westerners and jews. and i can go on and on. and i started connecting the dots and realizing that what i used to think was a regional problem between a majority muslim middle east trying to kill or expel the christian and jews had become a worldwide problem. but the world was not connecting the dots. when i came to the united states, i thought i left everything behind me. i'm an american. radicalism is left behind. 9/11 changed...
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oxide, mohammed hussein, the names of the victims were westerners, christians and jews. colonel higgins, twa, finance life. and i can go on and on. i started realizing that what i used to think was a regional problem between the majority of muslims middle east trying to kill or expel the minority christians and jews had become a worldwide problem, but the world was not connecting the dots. when i came to the united states, i thought i left everything behind me. radicalism is left behind. december 11 changed everything for almost all of us in the united states in the world. the way we travel, the way we live. you can't turn on the television without hearing that some radical terrorist activity around the world. and so that's what drives me to do what i do. >> quickly, commute time in which her next project is? >> i'm working on another book and it's going to be discussing grassroots events around the world, not only in the united states, but how the internet gave power to the people to rise up and mobilize in their own government. we are witnessing a resolution around the
oxide, mohammed hussein, the names of the victims were westerners, christians and jews. colonel higgins, twa, finance life. and i can go on and on. i started realizing that what i used to think was a regional problem between the majority of muslims middle east trying to kill or expel the minority christians and jews had become a worldwide problem, but the world was not connecting the dots. when i came to the united states, i thought i left everything behind me. radicalism is left behind....
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mohammed, hussain, the name of the victims were always westerners, christians and jews, terry anderson, colonel, the twa, but the flights, and i can go on and on, and i started connecting dots and realized what i thought was a regional problem between a majority of muslim middle east trying to kill or expel the minority christians and jews had become a worldwide problem. the world was not connecting the dots. and when i came to the united states, i thought i left everything behind me. i mean, i'm an american now, all of the radicalism is left behind. it september 11th changed everything for almost all of us in the united states and the world. the way we travel, the way we live, you cannot turn on the television without hearing about some radical activity happening around the world, and so that is what drives me to do what i do. >> and quickly can you tell me what your next project is? >> i am working on another book and it is going to be discussing the grassroots movements around the world, not only in the united states, but help the internet gives power to the people to rise up and mo
mohammed, hussain, the name of the victims were always westerners, christians and jews, terry anderson, colonel, the twa, but the flights, and i can go on and on, and i started connecting dots and realized what i thought was a regional problem between a majority of muslim middle east trying to kill or expel the minority christians and jews had become a worldwide problem. the world was not connecting the dots. and when i came to the united states, i thought i left everything behind me. i mean,...
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to take the revolution back to the seventh century, at the time the faith was founded by the prophet mohammed. in fact, there are many attempts to modernize. they've kept on many of the modernization products started by the shah -- building a subway system in teheran, building new new development projects. i think that their focus, their hatred was channeled against the west. it was the westernization that was synonymous with modernization that so turned them off. and there are still many sides of life where iranians are approachable. they're open -- life for women is better in iran than it is in many of the gulf sheikdoms with which we have good relations. there are women in parliament; there are women in the ministries; 51 percent of teheran university a year ago was accounted for by women students. so it's not what is good or bad about iran; it's a different culture, and it's... i think, unfortunately, one of the problems in the west is that we tend to look at things -- if they're like us, they're good, and if they're not like us, they're bad. and i found things that were comfortable for m
to take the revolution back to the seventh century, at the time the faith was founded by the prophet mohammed. in fact, there are many attempts to modernize. they've kept on many of the modernization products started by the shah -- building a subway system in teheran, building new new development projects. i think that their focus, their hatred was channeled against the west. it was the westernization that was synonymous with modernization that so turned them off. and there are still many sides...
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they also believed that in the 12 imams, who sort of continued mohammed's dynasty, while the sunnis only believed until the seventh emam. i think that -- imam. i think that partly the difference for iranians, definitely it was to differentiate themselves from the islam that was brought into their country. they wanted to create their own independent identity, and i think that that is partly it. >> we learned during the iraqi war a lot about populations, that iraq has something around 24 million, depending on what day it is. how big is iran? >> well, iran has almost doubled since the revolution started, so it is near 70 million now. >> and they share the same border. >> they share the same border. >> but not the same language. >> no. no, iran is percent. they like to call it farsi. i think like english, you say english, i say percent, and iraq is arabic. >> what's -- persian, and iraq is arabic. >> what's the difference between the two languages? >> well, the roots of persian is indo-european, and after the arab invasion of -- i think that was maybe the most complete invasion. our country
they also believed that in the 12 imams, who sort of continued mohammed's dynasty, while the sunnis only believed until the seventh emam. i think that -- imam. i think that partly the difference for iranians, definitely it was to differentiate themselves from the islam that was brought into their country. they wanted to create their own independent identity, and i think that that is partly it. >> we learned during the iraqi war a lot about populations, that iraq has something around 24...